Mid Summer Classic Auction 2016

Presented here is a spectacular piece from the early years of the Cleveland Cavaliers' NBA tenure, a handsome warmup suit from small forward Fred Foster from 1974-75, his final season in Cleveland and nearing the end of his 10-year NBA career. Foster averaged 6.9 ppg for the Cavaliers that season, just below his lifetime mark of 7.8 ppg that he put together for five different teams between 1968-1977. The shirt and pants offer a sensational presentation, with blazing gold highlighted by the wine elements of his number, team logo and striping on the sleeves providing a vivid contrast. The shirt has Sand-Knit tagging at the collar and the inside section behind the bottom two snaps, with Size 42 noted on the second tag. His No. 24 appears in a heavy vinyl tackle twill on the front, with Cavaliers wine and gold logo opposite in the same heavy vinyl, which is also used in wine color for "Cavaliers" across the back. The elastic knit sleeves and collar are accented by the wine pinstriping; the shirt and pants show game use but both are seemingly as-issued and problem free, right down to the gold metal snaps on shirt and pants, which are intact and show not a whisper of any chipping or scratching. The pants have the dual Sand-Knit tagging (Size 34) at the back of the waist, the draw strings are present and intact. This is simply a wonderful piece from an important period in the early history of a recent expansion franchise.